mn_technology:apple191533415Apple200779Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:33:17 PSTTue, 4 Mar 2008 13:34:00 PSTFri, 27 Sep 2013 15:58:03 PDT150GenericBusiness/business/npc-news.mercurynews.com4746980The Mercury News568http://www.mercurynews.comwww.mercurynews.comfeeds.mercurynews.com30333446SJM-QUINN-0907.xmltrue:biz:bizstaff:apple:svcolumns:sv2020news:quinn:whatsnew:bizbreaking:By Michelle Quinn, mquinn@bayareanewsgroup.comTue, 6 Sep 2016 11:14:27 PDTTue, 6 Sep 2016 11:14:29 PDTSun, 6 Sep 2026 15:42:56 PDTTue, 6 Sep 2016 11:14:29 PDTTue, 6 Sep 2016 15:44:24 PDTTue, 6 Sep 2016 15:43:01 PDT3118falseBy Michelle Quinn&#44; mquinn&#64;bayareanewsgroup&#46;com2016-09-06T11:14:27-07:0020160906T154424-07002016-09-06T11:16:27-07:0020160906T154301-07002016090609/06/20162026-09-06T15:42:56-07:001514YThe iPhone 7 is expected to be slimmer, have a better camera but no headphone jackApple, with iPhone sales slipping, is under pressure to generate excitement at its iPhone event this week in San Francisco, but users may wait for its next model, which is expected to coincide with the iPhone's 10th anniversary next year. Apple, with iPhone sales slipping, is under pressure to generate excitement at its iPhone event this week in San Francisco, but users may wait for its next model, which is expected to coincide with the iPhone's 10th anniversary next year. <p>When Apple executives unveil the iPhone 7 on Wednesday in San Francisco, a big question will loom over the event -- will the new device be enough? </p><p>Enough that is, for current iPhone owners to say goodbye to their old phones and clamor for a new one. </p><p>It is a critical time for Apple. iPhone sales, which make up more than two-thirds of Apple's annual revenues, have been falling. </p><p>Its Apple Watch, which is expected to get an upgrade Wednesday, hasn't taken off. </p><p>Sure there will be razzle-dazzle at the Apple event. There always is. It is still the moment when the entire tech industry stops and pays attention. What Apple announces can upend other firms' plans or create new opportunities. </p><p>Other than its business challenge, the company has become a political hot potato, recently coming under fire in Europe for its large stockpile of money, which Apple holds offshore rather than pay the U.S. corporate tax rate. The European Commission's ruling that Apple owed Ireland $14.5 billion in back taxes has set off a firestorm in the U.S. over Apple, and other firms, which park profits overseas. </p><p>But this week the question facing Apple won't be where its tax revenues should go, but what did the firm do with the iPhone's headphone jack. What the new iPhone reportedly won't have is already set to be the most newsworthy. </p><p>I hate to ask since consumer technology is supposed to be so exciting. But except for tweens handed their first phone, are the rest of us getting a little bored with our iPhones and other smartphones? </p><p>I ask, because Apple faces a double problem, both products of its success. The iPhone lasts longer than it used to and the developed markets are saturated.</p><p>Many millions of users will update to the iPhone 7, because that's what technology has trained us to do. Still, there are only a certain number of people out there who feel they need to upgrade for a new shade of black or better battery life. The rest will wait until our iPhones sputter and give up the ghost, if that should ever happen. </p><p>What Apple reportedly has in store for its next phone, which is expected to be called the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus, sounds mildly interesting. </p><p>There's supposed to be a few new colors (dark black and piano black, to name two), improved camera technology for the larger model and more storage. There may also be a home button that one doesn't push, but simply touches and feels a vibration. The iPhone may be slimmer than prior models. </p><p>And then there's that missing headphone jack. Instead, iPhone 7 users will be able to listen to music via the phone's Lightning cable port. (The new iPhones will reportedly come with Lightning-to-headphone adapter as well as Lightning EarPods.)</p><p>You know there will be some howling, because people hate change. </p><p>Rumors have it that the iPhone can be slimmer without the headphone jack and that its absence also helps with waterproofing. </p><p>But there could be another reason. The firm reportedly has a new audio system in the works for the next phone and Apple is trying to get its users ready for the change. </p><p>The missing headphone jack move hearkens back to when Apple first came out with the iPhone in 2007. </p><p>Missing from the brand new device was a traditional keypad with physical buttons like a BlackBerry or a stylus like a PalmPilot. Some people thought Apple was crazy to break from the standard design, but the company reinvented smartphones with these changes. </p><p>Given what appears to be small upgrades to the iPhone, what Apple may be doing this week is offering the iPhone 7 as a placeholder, something that those needing an upgrade can have but nothing to really knock the socks off the entire smartphone category. </p><p>Analysts predict that the company may be planning a major overhaul of the iPhone next year for its 10th anniversary. Among the rumored changes is that iPhone will be an all-glass device. </p><p>That could wake up the masses. </p><p>Contact Michelle Quinn at 510-394-4196 and <a href="mailto:mquinn@bayareanewsgroup.com" >mquinn@bayareanewsgroup.com</a>. Follow her at <a href="http://Twitter.com/michellequinn" >Twitter.com/michellequinn</a>.</p><a href="mailto:mquinn@bayareanewsgroup.com">mquinn@bayareanewsgroup.com</a><a href="http://Twitter.com/michellequinn">Twitter.com/michellequinn</a>

Courtesy Apple â Pictured is the invitation sent to journalists by Apple to announce the Sept. 7, 2016 product introduction event at the Bill Graham Auditorium in San Francisco. The hot rumor is that a new iteration of the popular iPhone - the iPhone 7 - will be among the new products introduced.

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Courtesy Apple â Pictured is the invitation sent to journalists by Apple to announce the Sept. 7, 2016 product introduction event at the Bill Graham Auditorium in San Francisco. The hot rumor is that a new iteration of the popular iPhone - the iPhone 7 - will be among the new products introduced.
30321581SJM-TECHDESIGN-0904.xmltrue:whatsnew: :biz:bizstaff:apple:Facebook:Google:svsocial:sv2020news:whatsnew:bizbreaking:By Queenie Wong, qwong@bayareanewsgroup.comFri, 2 Sep 2016 11:56:15 PDTFri, 2 Sep 2016 11:56:17 PDTWed, 2 Sep 2026 11:56:14 PDTFri, 2 Sep 2016 11:56:17 PDTTue, 6 Sep 2016 05:22:30 PDTTue, 6 Sep 2016 05:20:49 PDT3114falseBy Queenie Wong&#44; qwong&#64;bayareanewsgroup&#46;com2016-09-02T11:56:15-07:0020160906T052230-07002016-09-02T11:58:08-07:0020160906T052049-07002016090209/02/20162026-09-02T11:56:14-07:0098YSilicon Valley architecture: Apple, Google, Facebook lead the wayIn a place known for out-of-the-box thinking and risk taking, some tech firms are no longer playing it safe when it comes to their work spaces. In a place known for out-of-the-box thinking and risk taking, some tech firms are no longer playing it safe when it comes to their work spaces. <p>Nvidia's new triangular-shaped headquarters, inspired by the company's work in computer graphics, is a rare sight in the sea of rectangular office parks scattered throughout the Bay Area.</p><p>"It's easy to look at the building right now and think it's an object, but we're really designing an experience," said Hao Ko, principal design director at Gensler, the architecture firm working on Nvidia's headquarters. "We're not designing our father's office."</p><p>In a place known for out-of-the-box thinking and risk taking, tech firms have historically played it safe when it comes to their work spaces, opting for functional garages and tilt-up buildings over futuristic architecture that mirrors the innovation happening inside.</p><p>Not anymore. Apple hired prominent British architect Norman Foster to design a spaceshiplike headquarters that features the world's largest piece of curved glass. Google proposed building a translucent canopy with interior structures that can be rearranged like furniture, challenging the idea of immovable concrete buildings. A more recent plan shows a design that is more tent-like instead of a massive dome. </p><p>And Facebook, which tapped Frank Gehry to design an office building with a 9-acre green roof, hired the world renowned architect again for two more office buildings.</p><p>"For years, people came to Silicon Valley and asked where's the architecture? All these high tech companies and you tell me that's the building they're working in," said David Regester, president of the American Institute of Architects' Santa Clara Valley chapter. "It's been paradoxical to a lot of people. Now that's changing."</p><p>The movement away from renting space in banal tilt-up buildings partly reflects a fast-paced tech industry that has evolved from manufacturing computer chips to writing code for computer software, Regester and other architects in the area say. Now tech firms are not only looking for utilitarian spaces but environments that reflect their workplace culture and foster creativity and better teamwork. </p><p>Some experts say Silicon Valley's tech construction boom is also part of a pattern that has happened throughout history in areas infused with wealth.</p><p>"This is what rich people do. They build palaces for themselves," said Louise Mozingo, professor and chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at UC Berkeley. </p><p>Companies such as Google and Apple are using their headquarters to project their image throughout the world, and as the competition to attract the best and brightest workers intensifies, they're all stepping up their games when it comes to building the most innovative office space. </p><p>In 2011, late Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs presented to the Cupertino City Council the architectural design of Apple Campus 2, a four-story building with 2.8 million square feet of office space that will house 12,000 employees. "I think we do have a shot at building the best office building in the world," Jobs told the city.</p><p>About 80 percent of the campus is made up of green space, a nod to Silicon Valley's agricultural roots. Employees are expected to move in next year.</p><p>Foster, the architect who got a call from Jobs about designing a new campus in 2009, has said publicly that the building didn't start out as circular, but grew into that shape. It's similar to a quad on Stanford University's campus or London Square where houses are surrounded by a park. </p><p>Jobs' presentation to the City Council was also his last public appearance before his death, and Apple Campus 2, estimated to cost about $5 billion, became wrapped up in the legacy the tech titan left behind. </p><p>"It changed the game. It's a sheer question of one-upmanship. How are you going to keep competing with that image, and how does your image measure up?" Mozingo said.</p><p>Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang also played a role in shaping the design of its new Santa Clara headquarters, which is under construction and expected to open in 2017. </p><p>"(Jen-Hsun) wanted this building to really speak to the soul of Nvidia," said John O'Brien, Nvidia's director of real estate. The polygon shape, a basic building block in computer graphics, showcases Nvidia's business in visual computing.</p><p>Atop a hilly light gray roof, sunshine radiates through triangular skylights, brushing the hard hats and backs of construction workers up high. The shape repeats itself throughout the building from the ceiling to the shadows dancing inside. </p><p>Pointing to an MIT study that shows collaboration drops if employees are located on different floors, O'Brien said they wanted to put as many employees on the same level as possible. Surrounded by greenery, the $380 million building is two stories, spans 500,000 square feet and will house about 2,500 employees. </p><p>Gensler architects have also been using Nvidia's Iray technology to render photorealistic images of the headquarters, allowing them to see in virtual reality how light filters through the building, get a sense of how the space and materials feel, and see the progression of the construction from the view of a drone.</p><p>"The building we're doing for Nvidia is really a big thesis of how we can enhance the collaboration that happens in a building," Ko said.</p><p>Other tech firms and even real estate developers have been asking themselves the same question. </p><p>Facebook, which often says its work is 1 percent finished, has tried to maintain an informal culture with a Frank Gehry-designed space that includes steel girders and wires dangling from the ceiling.</p><p>"The building itself is pretty simple and isn't fancy. That's on purpose. We want our space to feel like a work in progress. When you enter our buildings, we want you to feel how much left there is to be done in our mission to connect the world," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a 2015 social media post about the space. </p><p>Planning to add two more office buildings in Menlo Park, the company has maintained it isn't looking to make big architectural statements, purposefully trying to incorporate the landscape around the site. Still, bolder and more diverse design elements are part of the proposed campus expansion, including a yellow bicycle and pedestrian bridge that zigs and zags.</p><p>Even buildings planned as rentals are making bolder architectural statements.</p><p>In San Francisco, Salesforce leased more than half of a 61-story skyscraper owned by real estate developer Hines and Boston Properties. Designed by well-known Argentine-American architect César Pelli, the Salesforce Tower will be the tallest building in the city, marking what's being called the center of the new economy.</p><p>Architecture firm HOK designed Central Wolfe, an office space that is being leased by Apple in Sunnyvale. The campus, which real estate developer Landbank Investments sold to Jay Paul Co., didn't have a tenant when it was first designed but featured an unusual cloverleaf-shape that was inspired by the redwood forests and oak trees in the Bay Area.</p><p>The building includes elements that attract tech companies: large floor plates to fit as many workers on the same floor, hidden parking, greenery and the use of more natural light and renewable energy in the building.</p><p>"It's really growing out of the expectations from the technology clients that the building needs to be smarter, more beautiful and more effective," said Paul Woolford, design principal for HOK's San Francisco office. "Those things together are creating frankly more exciting and creative designs than we've seen in the past." </p><p>Contact Queenie Wong at 408-920-2706. Follow her at <a href="http://Twitter.com/QwongSJ" >Twitter.com/QwongSJ</a>.</p><a href="http://Twitter.com/QwongSJ">Twitter.com/QwongSJ</a>

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Jack Dahlgren, Nvidia's project manager, walks among the new building's 246 triangular skylights in Santa Clara, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group.)
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Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Groupfooter30321502imagehttp://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2016/0902/20160902__techdesign~7.JPGNvidia's new building in Santa Clara, Calif., continues taking shape, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group30309040SJM-TOUCHSCREEN-0831.xmltrue:whatsnew:pmay@mercurynews.comBy Patrick May, pmay@bayareanewsgroup.com<p class="normalparagraphstyle">Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:45:38 PDTWed, 31 Aug 2016 04:35:43 PDTSun, 30 Aug 2026 17:00:58 PDTWed, 31 Aug 2016 04:35:43 PDTWed, 31 Aug 2016 08:58:23 PDTWed, 31 Aug 2016 08:57:59 PDT3111falseBy Patrick May&#44; pmay&#64;bayareanewsgroup&#46;com 2016-08-30T16:45:38-07:0020160831T085823-07002016-08-30T16:46:21-07:0020160831T085759-07002016083008/30/20162026-08-30T17:00:58-07:002423YiPhone 'touch disease': Apple faces class-action lawsuit The Cupertino tech giant is being sued for alleged fraud by users claiming a design flaw dubbed 'touch disease' renders their iPhones unusable.The Cupertino tech giant is being sued for alleged fraud by users claiming a design flaw dubbed 'touch disease' renders their iPhones unusable.<p>It's been a tough week for Apple.</p><p>On the heels of the European Commission's ruling that the company must pay a record-breaking $14.5 billion in back taxes to Ireland, the Cupertino tech giant is being sued by users claiming a design flaw dubbed "touch disease" renders their iPhones unusable.</p><p>"The iPhones are not fit for the purpose of use as smartphones because of the touch-screen defect," according to the <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/322670367/iPhone-lawsuit#from_embed" >complaint filed last week in U.S. District Court</a> in San Jose, but reported Tuesday on multiple tech blogs.</p><p>The federal class-action lawsuit was filed by three Apple customers using the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The suit says Apple has known about the flaw, which creates a flickering gray bar on the home screen, but has refused to fix it. The plaintiffs linked the problem to Apple's decision not to use a metal "shield" or "underfill" to protect key components, as it did on versions of the iPhone 5.</p><p>Apple did not respond to a request for comment.</p><p>"Apple has seen these class-action suits come up every once in a while, and if there's a legitimate flaw, Apple will very quickly correct it," said Tim Bajarin, an analyst with Creative Strategies. "To be honest, the only winners in these things are the lawyers."</p><p>Bajarin said he's seen "these kinds of lawsuits dozens of times over the years. As one of the most profitable companies in the world, Apple is always going to be a target."</p><p>Investors also seemed blasé about the lawsuit. Apple shares dipped less than 1 percent during Tuesday's trading, and after-hours shares were up.</p><p>Regardless of the lawsuit's outcome, "touch disease" hits close to the heart of Apple's product design -- the touch screen. A problem with that part of the phone could render many of the device's capabilities inoperable because it enables owners to use their fingers to do things like send text messages, take pictures, play music and browse the Internet.</p><p>In their filing, the plaintiffs included online comments from angry iPhone owners.</p><p>"I had this exact issue and it's very frustrating," wrote one user. "It started out happening only once in a while until it got so bad that I couldn't even use my phone. I took my first one back to Apple and got it replaced under the one-year warranty, but now only nine months later the phone is doing the exact same thing and I can't even use it ."</p><p>Litigants Todd Cleary of California, Jun Bai of Delaware and Thomas Davidson of Pennsylvania accuse Apple of fraud and of violating California consumer protection laws, and they're seeking unspecified damages.</p><p>The so-called "touch disease" has slowly been working its way into the public's awareness for months now. In April 2015, complaints were starting to pop up on online user forums about a touch-screen issue on the latest iPhone models, with some repair techs calling the problem remarkably common. </p><p>Apple, according to participants on its forums, doesn't recognize the issue and simply advises people to buy a new phone and trade in the malfunctioning device. </p><p>Last week, reports of the flickering gray bar began to spread around the tech blogosphere. On Friday, AppleInsider reported data obtained from several popular Apple stores showed a high incidence of "touch disease" being reported. Without explaining how the data was obtained, the blog said that from Aug. 20 to 22, a total of 47 customers across four stores were diagnosed by Apple staff with the problem. </p><p>The report said those numbers translated into 8.5 percent of a single store's traffic for iPhone 6 problems and that 27.5 percent of iPhone 6 Plus service customers were found to be experiencing that specific issue.</p><p>"Apple has long been aware of the defective iPhones," the complaint alleges. "Yet, notwithstanding its long-standing knowledge of this design defect, Apple routinely has refused to repair the iPhones without charge when the defect manifests. Many other iPhone owners have communicated with Apple's employees and agents to request that Apple remedy and/or address the touch-screen defect and/or resultant damage at no expense. Apple has failed and/or refused to do so."</p><p>Contact Patrick May at 408-920-5689 or follow him at <a href="http://Twitter.com/patmaymerc" >Twitter.com/patmaymerc</a></p><a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/322670367/iPhone-lawsuit#from_embed">complaint filed last week in U.S. District Court</a><a href="http://Twitter.com/patmaymerc">Twitter.com/patmaymerc</a>

File photo: A shopper tries out an Apple iPhone 6 at an Apple Store.

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And the ruling quickly caused tension between Europe and the United States, with the U.S. Treasury Department saying in a statement the ruling "could threaten to undermine foreign investment, the business climate in Europe and the important spirit of economic partnership between the U.S. and the EU."</p><p>In addition, the U.S. is concerned that European taxes imposed on American companies could cut into taxes it wants to collect.</p><p>"There is the possibility that any repayments ordered by the Commission will be considered foreign income taxes that are creditable against U.S. taxes owed by the companies in the United States," the Treasury Department said in a white paper released last week. "If so, the companies' U.S. tax liability would be reduced dollar for dollar by these recoveries when their offshore earnings are repatriated or treated as repatriated as part of possible U.S. tax reform." </p><p>Apple has had a long-standing presence in Ireland, dating back to 1980, when Steve Jobs set up Apple's first European business operations in the city of Cork. Since then, Apple has expanded its production facilities in Ireland, and now has almost 6,000 employees across the country.</p><p>Steven Milunovich, an analyst who covers Apple for UBS, said the back-tax issue centers around two Apple subsidiaries, Apple Sales International and Apple Operations Europe, both of which were incorporated in Ireland. In 1991 and 2007 the Irish government gave Apple permission to use certain means for allocating taxable income to those subsidiaries.</p><p>It's clear that Apple didn't break any actual laws, Milunovich said, but in the EC's opinion, "the tax position is believed to violate European Union rules preventing members from providing preferential treatment to corporations."</p><p>Not long after the commission's decision became public, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook published a lengthy letter saying the company will appeal the ruling.</p><p>And Cook warned on Tuesday that should the $14.5 billion penalty stand, it could end up costing jobs across Europe.</p><p>"Beyond the obvious targeting of Apple, the most profound and harmful effect of this ruling will be on investment and job creation in Europe," Cook wrote in an open letter posted on Apple's website Tuesday. "Using the Commission's theory, every company in Ireland and across Europe is suddenly at risk of being subjected to taxes under laws that never existed.</p><p>"The Commission's move is unprecedented and it has serious, wide-reaching implications," Cook wrote. "It is effectively proposing to replace Irish tax laws with a view of what the Commission thinks the law should have been."</p><p>The Irish government, which maintains low corporate tax rates to lure companies -- Google and Facebook's European headquarters are in Ireland -- also said it was disappointed by the decision and would appeal.</p><p>Estimates about how much in back taxes Apple would actually have to pay to Ireland have varied. JPMorgan has warned that the bill could reach up to $19 billion, while the Irish Times has reported that the figure could be as low as $100 million.</p><p>Apple, which has a cash hoard of $231.5 billion, keeps most of it stashed overseas. Cook has pushed for lowering U.S. corporate tax rates. </p><p>Last year, a study by the Citizens for Tax Justice and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund said Apple keeps $181 billion offshore, the most among U.S. companies.</p><p>The U.S. is concerned that additional European taxes imposed on those offshore cash stockpiles could reduce the amount of taxes the United States ultimately could collect.</p><p>In December, Apple agreed to pay $350 million in back taxes to Italy after an investigation over the company's shifting of profit made in Italy to its Irish subsidiary.</p><p>In 2014, Europe opened investigations into tax deals involving Ireland and Apple, the Netherlands and Starbucks, and Luxembourg and Fiat. Other Silicon Valley tech companies' tax deals in Europe are also under scrutiny.</p><p>As far as investors were concerned, the EC decision had almost no immediate bearing on sentiment toward Apple's stock on Tuesday. Apple shares were off by just 0.5 percent, at $106 at close of trading.</p><p>"The outcome is likely several months away given the appeal," said Gene Munster, Apple analyst with Piper Jaffray. "The key take-away is that we believe investors are unconcerned on a relative basis in relation to the stock. The penalty is large in absolute terms, (but) it represents a small portion of Apple's overall valuation."</p><p>Contact Levi Sumagaysay at <a href="mailto:lsumagaysay@bayareanewsgroup.com" >lsumagaysay@bayareanewsgroup.com</a> and follow her at <a href="http://Twitter.com/levisu" >Twitter.com/levisu</a>. Contact Rex Crum at 408-278-3415. Follow Rex at <a href="http://Twitter.com/rexcrum" >Twitter.com/rexcrum</a>.</p><a href="mailto:lsumagaysay@bayareanewsgroup.com">lsumagaysay@bayareanewsgroup.com</a><a href="http://Twitter.com/levisu">Twitter.com/levisu</a><a href="http://Twitter.com/rexcrum">Twitter.com/rexcrum</a>Mercury News editorial: EU's ruling on Apple shows need for U.S. tax reformhttp://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_30321664/mercury-news-editorial-eus-ruling-apple-shows-need30321664Tim Cook: Apple may bring billions back to U.S. next yearhttp://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/09/01/tim-cook-apple-may-bring-billions-back-to-u-s-next-year/30317418

A shopper tries out an Apple iPhone 6 at an Apple Store in Berlin on the first day of sales of the new phone in Germany on Sept. 19, 2014. The European Commission said Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016 that an illegal tax deal between Apple and Ireland allowed Apple to avoid paying taxes on almost all its sales in the European Union.

EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager announces Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, that an investigation has found that tax arrangements between Apple and Ireland were illegal and cost Ireland up to 13 billion euros, or $14.5 billion, which Europe is now ordering Ireland to recover. Apple and Ireland both say they will appeal the decision.

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The European Commission explains in this graphic how it says Apple avoided paying taxes in Ireland.

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Apple and Ireland both say they will appeal the decision.JOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Imagesposition630307376imagehttp://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2016/0830/20160830__apple-0831~2.JPGA shopper tries out an Apple iPhone 6 at an Apple Store in Berlin on the first day of sales of the new phone in Germany on Sept. 19, 2014. The European Commission said Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016 that an illegal tax deal between Apple and Ireland allowed Apple to avoid paying taxes on almost all its sales in the European Union.Sean Gallup/Getty Imagesfooter30306576imagehttp://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2016/0830/20160830_100543_ECvsApple.jpgThe European Commission explains in this graphic how it says Apple avoided paying taxes in Ireland.European Union30308229sjm-beats-0831.xmltrue:biz:svfront:whatsnew:bizbreaking:locbreak:Associated PressTue, 30 Aug 2016 12:59:58 PDTTue, 30 Aug 2016 12:59:59 PDTSun, 30 Aug 2026 12:59:56 PDTTue, 30 Aug 2016 12:59:59 PDTTue, 30 Aug 2016 13:22:19 PDTTue, 30 Aug 2016 13:20:40 PDT3111falseAssociated Press2016-08-30T12:59:58-07:0020160830T132219-07002016-08-30T13:00:35-07:0020160830T132040-07002016083008/30/20162026-08-30T12:59:56-07:0065YApple's Beats wins suit that alleged Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine duped their ex-partnerThe summary judgment issued late Monday by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William Fahey resolves the core of a case that accused Beats co-founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine of double-crossing former partner Noel Lee, founder of video and audio cable maker Monster. The summary judgment issued late Monday by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William Fahey resolves the core of a case that accused Beats co-founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine of double-crossing former partner Noel Lee, founder of video and audio cable maker Monster. <p>LOS ANGELES -- A judge has dismissed the key claims in a lawsuit alleging that headphone maker Beats Electronics duped one of its early partners before negotiating its $3 billion sale to Apple two years ago. </p><p>The summary judgment issued late Monday by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William Fahey resolves the core of a case that accused Beats co-founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine of double-crossing former partner Noel Lee, founder of video and audio cable maker Monster. </p><p>The allegations, filed last year, had been scheduled to go to trial next week. Now the trial will be limited to Beats' effort to force Monster to pay its attorney fees and other costs. </p><p>Apple declined to comment on the ruling. Monster attorney Philip Gregory didn't respond to a request for comment. </p>/businessapples-beats-wins-suit-that-alleged-dr-dretrue568Apple's Beats wins suit that alleged Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine duped their ex-partner6http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30308229/apples-beats-wins-suit-that-alleged-dr-dreBusiness30308014http://www.siliconbeat.com/?ptrueblogsiliconbeat http://www.siliconbeat.com/?p=112553 p_daa16f8c-7616-453b-a8a0-d8c525ecc97d.xml<i></i>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:39:02 PDTMon, 29 Aug 2016 23:39:00 PDTSun, 30 Aug 2026 11:39:00 PDTMon, 29 Aug 2016 23:39:00 PDTMon, 29 Aug 2016 23:39:00 PDTTue, 30 Aug 2016 12:12:19 PDTTue, 30 Aug 2016 12:11:27 PDT3111false2016-08-30T11:39:02-07:0020160830T121219-07002016-08-30T11:40:22-07:0020160830T121127-07002016083008/30/20162026-08-30T11:39:00-07:0098YGoogle to pay $5.5 million for sneaking around Apple's privacy settings to scoop user dataThe lawsuit arose out of the 2012 discovery by a Stanford researcher that Google had used a workaround to track Safari users' web browsing habits.The lawsuit arose out of the 2012 discovery by a Stanford researcher that Google had used a workaround to track Safari users' web browsing habits.<p>Perhaps if Google had taken its own "don't be evil" motto to heart, it wouldn't be on the hook for a $5.5 million settlement after sneaking around Apple's privacy settings to plunder web browser Safari for user data.</p><p>Google agreed Monday to pay the settlement in a class action suit that accused it of "unfair, deceptive, and unlawful business practices."</p><p>The lawsuit arose out of the 2012 discovery by a Stanford researcher that Google had used a <a href="http://www.siliconbeat.com/2012/02/17/google-safari-and-the-wild-web-at-war/" >workaround </a>to track Safari users' web browsing habits.</p><p>Apple, which owns Safari, had built into it privacy controls that blocked certain cookies, small files that store information that can identify users or track their activities.</p><p>Google used the improperly harvested user data to dramatically boost ad revenue, the lawsuit suggested. "Behaviorally targeted advertisements based on a user's tracked internet activity generally sell for at least twice as much as non-targeted, run-of-network ads," the suit said.</p><p>Millions of people throughout the U.S. were affected by Google's actions, the <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/322566296/Google-Browser-Settlement" >settlement agreement </a>(posted by Fortune) said. However, members of the plaintiff class won't receive settlement money – minus legal fees and settlement expenses, it's to go to six technology and privacy groups including the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Center for Internet & Society at Stanford.</p><p>SiliconBeat has asked Google for a response to the settlement, and may include any response after it's received.</p><p><em>Photo: A man walks past a building on the Google campus in Mountain View in 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)</em></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/08/30/google-pay-5-5-million-sneaking-around-apples-privacy-settings-scoop-user-data/" >Google to pay $5.5 million for sneaking around Apple's privacy settings to scoop user data</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.siliconbeat.com" >SiliconBeat</a>.</p><a href="http://www.siliconbeat.com/2012/02/17/google-safari-and-the-wild-web-at-war/">workaround </a><a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/322566296/Google-Browser-Settlement">settlement agreement </a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/08/30/google-pay-5-5-million-sneaking-around-apples-privacy-settings-scoop-user-data/">Google to pay $5.5 million for sneaking around Apple's privacy settings to scoop user data</a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.siliconbeat.com">SiliconBeat</a>

In this Nov. 12, 2015 photo, a man walks past a building on the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. Teams in the workplace are most productive when they can count on each other for quality work, feel safe to take risks and believe in their mission. Thatâ s according to new research at Google, a company that studies its own successes and failures as closely as it studies algorithms, refining interactions and teamwork among some of its employees with anthropological researchers and business scholars. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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Teams in the workplace are most productive when they can count on each other for quality work, feel safe to take risks and believe in their mission. Thatâ s according to new research at Google, a company that studies its own successes and failures as closely as it studies algorithms, refining interactions and teamwork among some of its employees with anthropological researchers and business scholars. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)Jeff Chiu30307345SJM-MARKETS-0831.xmltrue:biz:apple:markets:retail:svfront:whatsnew:bizbreaking:By Ken Sweet, Associated PressTue, 30 Aug 2016 07:39:18 PDTTue, 30 Aug 2016 07:39:20 PDTSun, 30 Aug 2026 11:33:04 PDTTue, 30 Aug 2016 07:39:20 PDTTue, 30 Aug 2016 11:34:30 PDTTue, 30 Aug 2016 11:33:07 PDT3111falseBy Ken Sweet&#44; Associated Press2016-08-30T07:39:18-07:0020160830T113430-07002016-08-30T07:40:28-07:0020160830T113307-07002016083008/30/20162026-08-30T11:33:04-07:0065YU.S. stocks are mostly lower as investors wait for jobs reportU.S. stocks were slightly lower in afternoon trading Tuesday in another quiet day as the slow summer season comes to an end. Hershey plunged after the company walked away from a merger proposal, and Apple slipped after the company was hit with a large tax bill in Europe. U.S. stocks were slightly lower in afternoon trading Tuesday in another quiet day as the slow summer season comes to an end. Hershey plunged after the company walked away from a merger proposal, and Apple slipped after the company was hit with a large tax bill in Europe. <p>NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks were slightly lower in afternoon trading Tuesday in another quiet day as the slow summer season comes to an end. Hershey plunged after the company walked away from a merger proposal, and Apple slipped after the company was hit with a large tax bill in Europe. </p><p>Investors continue to wait to see where the Federal Reserve will move interest rates later this year, with the next key piece of data coming later this week with the August jobs report. </p><p>KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average lost 69 points, or 0.4 percent, to 18,434 as of 2 p.m. Eastern. The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost seven points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,174 and the Nasdaq composite fell 19 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,214. </p><p>Trading was extremely light, with the market on pace to have its slowest trading day so far this year. </p><p>DEAL'S OFF: Hershey fell $12.42, or 11 percent, to $99.25 after snack food company Mondelez International said it was walking away from its proposal to buy Hershey for roughly $25 billion. Mondelez, which makes Oreo cookies and other snack foods, initially proposed to buy the company earlier this summer, but Hershey is a notoriously difficult company to propose mergers with since the majority of the shares are controlled by a non-profit organization. </p><p>TAXMAN COMETH: Apple fell $1.08, or 1 percent, to $105.74 after the European Union ruled that it has to pay $14.5 billion in back taxes to Ireland. Both Apple and Ireland said they would appeal the decision, which is the EU's latest and most aggressive move in its campaign to have multinationals pay a fair tax rate. </p><p>JOBS: Investors are awaiting the Labor Department's monthly jobs survey on Friday for signs on whether the U.S. economy remains on solid footing. Economists expect employers added 182,500 jobs in August and that the unemployment rate fell slightly to 4.8 percent. </p><p>A strong jobs report would give the Federal Reserve additional ammunition to raise interest rates either at its September meeting or later this year. </p><p>DOLLAR: The dollar rose to 103.02 yen from 101.98 yen late Monday. The euro slipped to $1.1142 from $1.1187. </p><p>The U.S. dollar has risen noticeably since Friday, after Fed Chair Janet Yellen and the bank's vice chair both said the U.S. economy could handle higher interest rates this year. </p><p>UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT: United Continental rose $3.97, or 8.5 percent, to $50.92 after the company announced it was hiring a former American Airlines executive, Scott Kirby, to become United's new president and take over the day-to-day operations of the company. </p><p>ENERGY: Benchmark U.S. crude oil fell 55 cents to $46.43 a barrel. Brent crude, used to price oil internationally, fell 71 cents to $48.75 a barrel. </p><p>BONDS: Bond prices were mostly unchanged. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note edged up to 1.57 percent. </p>/businessu-s-stocks-retreat-investors-wait-jobs-reporttrue568U.S. stocks are mostly lower as investors wait for jobs report6http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30307345/u-s-stocks-retreat-investors-wait-jobs-reportBusiness30303480SJM-VALLEYTV-0828.xmltrue:whatsnew: :apple:intel:netflix:whatsnew:pmay@mercurynews.comBy Patrick May, pmay@bayareanewsgroup.com<p class="normalparagraphstyle">Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:21:22 PDTMon, 29 Aug 2016 10:21:24 PDTSat, 29 Aug 2026 15:11:45 PDTMon, 29 Aug 2016 10:21:24 PDTTue, 30 Aug 2016 09:10:25 PDTTue, 30 Aug 2016 09:09:36 PDT3110falseBy Patrick May&#44; pmay&#64;bayareanewsgroup&#46;com 2016-08-29T10:21:22-07:0020160830T091025-07002016-08-29T10:22:22-07:0020160830T090936-07002016082908/29/20162026-08-29T15:11:45-07:002120YHow geeks took over TV, from Netflix to 'Mr. Robot' to Intel reality showWhile Hollywood taps into the Silicon Valley zeitgeist, with series like HBO's 'Silicon Valley' and reality shows from Intel and Apple, the Valley looks south, as tech companies crank out their own shows along with new digital tools that are upending the way Tinseltown tells stories. While Hollywood taps into the Silicon Valley zeitgeist, with series like HBO's 'Silicon Valley' and reality shows from Intel and Apple, the Valley looks south, as tech companies crank out their own shows along with new digital tools that are upending the way Tinseltown tells stories. <p>Hollywood and Silicon Valley are having a love fest.</p><p>HBO earns rave reviews for its geeks-gone-wild take on the tech world's stomping ground. Intel and Apple jump in with their own reality TV shows, while a slew of YouTube and web-TV projects suss out the valley's zeitgeist.</p><p>As Hollywood looks north for inspiration, the valley looks south, with tech companies cranking new digital tools that are upending the way Tinseltown tells stories. With the silicon and screenplay factions locked in a sloppy wet kiss, Silicon Valley looks increasingly like, well, something out of the movies.</p><p>"Silicon Valley and Hollywood are now joined at the hip," says Bill Baker, co-founder and CEO of the Celebrity Food Network, based in Southern California. </p><p>Why now? Tech billionaires who've become overnight celebrities; Hollywood's star-making culture seeking to exploit that fame; and the sheer preponderance of tech in our lives, starting with the smartphones most of us are now glued to. And Hollywood, Baker says, is being powered by cutting-edge technology like never before. </p><p>"The new kinds of cameras, the digital-editing machines, the fiber, the satellites," he says. "These are the guts of what Hollywood does, and a lot of it comes from the tech world. So you have this mutually symbiotic relationship."</p><p>The ensuing confluence can be dizzying as valley companies create their own shows instead of just offering entertainment produced in by others: Netflix embraces its inner-Hollywood, moving increasingly from its core streaming video business to producing its own television series and full-length original movies, including the 2015 Idris Elba war drama "Beasts of No Nation" and this year's "Pee-wee's Big Holiday." Big-screen impresario Harvey Weinstein has said Netflix is at "the forefront" of a film industry that's "evolving quickly and profoundly." And in a big nod to the valley's startup culture, Seattle-based Amazon brought us "Betas," as well as director Ridley Scott's critically acclaimed series "The Man in the High Castle."</p><p>Even some of the valley's biggest tech icons are getting into show biz: Intel recently wrapped up the first season of "America's Greatest Makers," a reality TV show starring its own uber-nerdy CEO. And Apple has been doing casting calls for its upcoming "Planet of the Apps," a series co-produced with the TV veteran behind "The Biggest Loser." </p><p>Meanwhile, HBO digs deeper into the Bay Area with "Silicon Valley," bringing us Mike Judge's fictionalized depiction of today's tech culture. The comedy also includes cameos by real-life tech stars such as former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo -- who served as a consultant for the show's third season -- and Yelp's Jeremy Stoppelman.</p><p>In the process, the valley's unique "fail fast, fail often" startup culture seeps further into Hollywood's content-creation apparatus, says Alec Berg, executive producer for HBO's award-winning take on high tech's Holy Land.</p><p>"There's something to be said for all these new players coming into the game," says Berg. "With Netflix and Hulu and even at HBO, the way they do business is much different than the entrenched ways of the TV networks, which are still moored in management strategies of a 100-year-old system that goes back to radio."</p><p>Berg says that in Hollywood there's increasingly "an emphasis on being nimble and favoring the creators and not forcing people to change things against their will. That's a very Silicon Valley influence" on how Hollywood does its thing these days.</p><p>"I don't think Silicon Valley has invented a new management style in Hollywood," says Berg, who also produced episodes of "Seinfeld" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm."</p><p>"But it's simply that advantage of having new players in the game that makes everyone rethink the way they're doing their work."</p><p>At the same time, the tech world is having a profound impact on film production. "The way digital is changing the way I shoot is amazing," Berg says, "because with digital editing, if I don't like those palm trees in a scene, we just take them out." </p><p>At the same time, powerful new technology helps Hollywood do things it could never do before, like vastly increasing studios' ability to manipulate massive amounts of video for editing, says Art Kazmierczak, director of network and business development for network-infrastructure giant Telia Carrier. He says the company's cutting-edge technology lets companies like Amazon and Netflix move content through cyberspace faster and more securely than even just a few years ago.</p><p>Telia and other giant carriers, he says, also help with remote production, "so we can have cameras in different locations remotely controlled from a central production center, where you'd transmit your raw video footage and do production, then push the edited footage back out to other places, all in real time."</p><p>Kazmierczak says Hollywood now has almost unlimited storage in the cloud "to help create these shows and movies. Just five years ago, people used what's called "sneakernet," which meant using UPS to move external hard drives or other removable media back and forth for production.</p><p>Nowadays, he says, the collaboration between Silicon Valley and Hollywood is stronger than ever: "Content is being produced in a much more dynamic way, thanks to this technology."</p><p>The list of new tech tools being used in Oscarland, many of them from Bay Area companies, is endless -- from Santa Clara-based Teradici's PC-over-IP technology helping postproduction collaborations for filmmakers, securely and in real time, to Redwood City-based startup Carbon. Their cutting-edge 3D printer technology, funded in part by Google Ventures, is being used by special-effects and makeup artists at Legacy Effects in San Fernando to build out scenes for films such as last year's sci-fi thriller "Terminator Genisys."</p><p>So while the techies help Hollywood, the screenwriters, directors and producers in L.A. continue their love affair with life along the 101 and 280 corridors. It's not the first time Silicon Valley has gone center-stage, with earlier efforts like "The Social Network" in 2010 and "The Internship" three years later. But now the floodgates on tech-inspired entertainment seem to be wide open.</p><p>Among the latest offerings is the award-winning "Mr. Robot" on the USA Network, starring a young anti-social computer programmer doubling as a vigilante hacker, the kind of guy who keeps the valley's cybersecurity engineers up at night. Another is "Scorpion," an action drama series starting its third season this fall on CBS and inspired by the life of computer expert Walter O'Brien.</p><p>O'Brien, the show's executive producer, sits literally at the intersection of tech and entertainment these days. He's a beneficiary of the revenge-of-the-geeks trend that now has California's two largest metropolitan areas feeding off of each other's talent pools.</p><p>"What we have here is a merging of Silicon Valley and Hollywood," says O'Brien, pointing out the valley nerd culture that's boosting Hollywood's tech cred while bathing in its cinematic glow. "My show's about a dysfunctional family of superheroes saving the world but forgetting where they parked the car."</p><p>Contact Patrick May at 408-920-5689 or follow him at <a href="http://Twitter.com/patmaymerc" >Twitter.com/patmaymerc</a></p><a href="http://Twitter.com/patmaymerc">Twitter.com/patmaymerc</a>

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Tommy Baynard/Intel Corporation30303986SJM-APPLE-0830.xmltrue:biz:bizstaff:apple:svcolumns:sv2020news:quinn:whatsnew:bizbreaking:By Michelle Quinn, mquinn@bayareanewsgroup.comMon, 29 Aug 2016 13:28:38 PDTMon, 29 Aug 2016 13:28:40 PDTSat, 29 Aug 2026 15:41:05 PDTMon, 29 Aug 2016 13:28:40 PDTMon, 29 Aug 2016 15:42:21 PDTMon, 29 Aug 2016 15:41:07 PDT3110falseBy Michelle Quinn&#44; mquinn&#64;bayareanewsgroup&#46;com2016-08-29T13:28:38-07:0020160829T154221-07002016-08-29T13:30:21-07:0020160829T154107-07002016082908/29/20162026-08-29T15:41:05-07:001211YApple may unveil new iPhone next weekAs consumers hold on to their phones longer, Apple is expected to introduce new features for the iPhone 7 line. As consumers hold on to their phones longer, Apple is expected to introduce new features for the iPhone 7 line. <p>CUPERTINO -- On Monday, Apple announced a date for its fall event, a time when the company typically unveils new products. </p><p>Apple is expected to introduce an updated iPhone line with an improved camera and a new home button. The firm may also show its next Apple Watch. </p><p>The invitation for the Sept. 7 event at the Bill Graham Auditorium in San Francisco didn't offer major hints. But the invite included an image of swirling, out-of-focus, multicolored lights, which may be a reference to a new dual-lens camera expected in some of the newest iPhones. </p><p>Apple's understated invitation comes at a critical time for the Cupertino firm. Sales of the iPhone, which represent two-thirds of the firm's annual revenue, have been down in recent quarters. </p><p>One possible reason: Users are upgrading their phones less frequently. The company is under pressure to revive interest in the iPhone for the Christmas shopping season. </p><p>If the company keeps with the same naming pattern, the devices would be the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. They reportedly will have the same look as the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus but, with an improved camera and possibly a new home button that vibrates to the touch.</p><p>A dual-lens camera for the iPhone could "allow for different focusing tricks such as the blurry background Apple has in its invite," reports tech blog Recode.</p><p>Perhaps the biggest change to the iPhone will be getting rid of the headphone jack, if early reports prove true. If that happens, owners of the newest iPhones will have to rely on Bluetooth-enabled headsets. One possible reason for the change may be to create a bit more room on the iPhone in order to boost the phone's battery, CNET reported.</p><p>The Apple Watch line, which first went on sale in 2015, is also expected to be updated. </p><p>The firm may be skipping a major redesign of the iPhone this year and instead focusing on unveiling a new line in 2017, using the device's 10th anniversary to generate more excitement, some observers have speculated. An all-glass model with wireless charging may be in the works.</p><p>Contact Michelle Quinn at 510-394-4196 and <a href="mailto:mquinn@bayareanewsgroup.com" >mquinn@bayareanewsgroup.com</a>. Follow her at <a href="http://Twitter.com/michellequinn" >Twitter.com/michellequinn</a>.</p><a href="mailto:mquinn@bayareanewsgroup.com">mquinn@bayareanewsgroup.com</a><a href="http://Twitter.com/michellequinn">Twitter.com/michellequinn</a>

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The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium is decorated for an Apple media event Wednesday morning, Sept. 9, 2015, in San Francisco, Calif. Karl Mondon30303678http://www.siliconbeat.com/?ptrueblogsiliconbeat http://www.siliconbeat.com/?p=112446 p_604efff7-6f81-4c4d-90a7-d831f24c2bff.xml<i></i>Mon, 29 Aug 2016 11:34:22 PDTSun, 28 Aug 2016 23:34:20 PDTSat, 29 Aug 2026 11:34:20 PDTSun, 28 Aug 2016 23:34:20 PDTSun, 28 Aug 2016 23:34:20 PDTMon, 29 Aug 2016 11:36:21 PDTMon, 29 Aug 2016 11:35:16 PDT3110false2016-08-29T11:34:22-07:0020160829T113621-07002016-08-29T11:34:30-07:0020160829T113516-07002016082908/29/20162026-08-29T11:34:20-07:0065YApple's Sept. 7 event expected to unveil small changes to the iPhone lineApple announced it will have an event on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at the Bill Graham Auditorium in San Francisco.Apple announced it will have an event on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at the Bill Graham Auditorium in San Francisco.<p>Apple announced it will have an event on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at the Bill Graham Auditorium in San Francisco.</p><p>The invitation, which includes an image of swirling, out-of-focus, multi-colored lights, didn't offer a major hint at what the company plans to discuss. "See you on the 7th" is all it said.</p><p>Apple's understated invitation comes at a critical time for the iPhone maker. Sales of the iPhone, which represent two-thirds of the firm's annual revenue, have been <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_29816056/iphone-sales-drop-apple-misses-wall-street-expectations" target="_blank" >down</a> in recent quarters. One possible reason: Users are upgrading their phones less frequently.</p><p>Even under pressure to revive interest in the iPhone in the Christmas shopping season, Apple appears to be planning small tweaks to the newest line of devices, which would be the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus if the firm keeps with the same naming pattern.</p><p>The new devices reportedly will have the same look as iPhone 6S and 6S Plus but with an improved camera and possibly a new home button that vibrates to the touch.</p><p>A dual-lens camera for the iPhone could allow users to "allow for different focusing tricks such as the blurry background Apple has in its invite," reports <a href="http://www.recode.net/2016/8/29/12586554/apple-s-iphone-event-sept-7" target="_blank" >Recode</a>.</p><p>Perhaps the biggest change to the iPhone will be getting rid of the headphone jack, if rumors prove true. If this happens, owners of the newest iPhones will have to rely on Bluetooth-enabled headsets. One possible reason for the change may be to create a bit more room in order to boost the phone's battery, <a href="http://www.cnet.com/news/would-you-give-up-the-iphone-7s-headphone-jack-for-better-battery-life/" target="_blank" >CNET</a> reported.</p><p>The Apple Watch line is expected to be updated. Rumors are split about whether Apple will unveil new MacBook Pros at this event.</p><p>The firm may be skipping a major redesign of the iPhone this year and instead focusing on unveiling a new line in 2017, using the device's 10th anniversary to generate more excitement. An all-glass model with wireless charging may be in the works.</p><p><em>Photo: Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced the iPhone 6 in 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)</em></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/08/29/__trashed-2/" >Apple's Sept. 7 event expected to unveil small changes to the iPhone line</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.siliconbeat.com" >SiliconBeat</a>.</p><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_29816056/iphone-sales-drop-apple-misses-wall-street-expectations" target="_blank">down</a><a href="http://www.recode.net/2016/8/29/12586554/apple-s-iphone-event-sept-7" target="_blank">Recode</a><a href="http://www.cnet.com/news/would-you-give-up-the-iphone-7s-headphone-jack-for-better-battery-life/" target="_blank">CNET</a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/08/29/__trashed-2/">Apple's Sept. 7 event expected to unveil small changes to the iPhone line</a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.siliconbeat.com">SiliconBeat</a>

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(Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)Karl Mondon30294848http://www.siliconbeat.com/?ptrueblogsiliconbeat http://www.siliconbeat.com/?p=112331 p_f8994bba-182d-45d5-b683-d557f05283fe.xml<i></i>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 14:05:42 PDTFri, 26 Aug 2016 14:05:39 PDTWed, 26 Aug 2026 14:05:39 PDTFri, 26 Aug 2016 14:05:39 PDTFri, 26 Aug 2016 14:05:39 PDTFri, 26 Aug 2016 14:18:23 PDTFri, 26 Aug 2016 14:17:35 PDT3107false2016-08-26T14:05:42-07:0020160826T141823-07002016-08-26T14:06:17-07:0020160826T141735-07002016082608/26/20162026-08-26T14:05:39-07:0065YLabor conditions worsening at big Apple supplier in China, nonprofit saysAs Apple's sales and profit have slowed, Chinese workers making its iPhones are feeling the pain, a new report says.As Apple's sales and profit have slowed, Chinese workers making its iPhones are feeling the pain, a new report says.<p>As Apple's sales and profit have slowed, Chinese workers making its iPhones are feeling the pain, a new report says.</p><p>China Labor Watch, a New York-based nonprofit group that advocates for workers' rights in China, alleges in a report released this week that working conditions have worsened as Apple suppliers feel the effects of the company's declining fortunes — although Apple is still raking in billions of dollars from its iPhones, computers and other devices. (In July, the company reported <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30171817/apples-services-gains-lead-better-than-expected-quarterly" target="_blank" >a third-quarter profit of $7.8 billion</a>, compared with $10.7 billion in the same period a year ago. Revenue from the iPhone was down 23 percent.)</p><p>The <a href="http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/upfile/2016_08_23/Pegatron-report%20FlAug.pdf" target="_blank" >report</a> focuses on Pegatron, a supplier that employs tens of thousands of workers in mainland China and is the second-biggest contract electronics manufacturer in the world after Foxconn, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.</p><p>"Currently, Apple's profits are declining, and the effects of this decline have been passed on to suppliers," the report says. "To mitigate the impact, Pegatron has taken some covert measures to exploit workers."</p><p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/07/05/foxconn-pegatron-apple-margins/" target="_blank" >A news report this summer from Digitimes</a>, a Taiwan newspaper, also said Apple suppliers were feeling pressure to reduce costs.</p><p>All this is a headache for Apple, which for years has been under pressure to improve working conditions for the foreign workers who make its products and regularly conducts supplier audits. The company has been <a href="http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/03/30/apple-and-its-suppliers-company-claims-progress-in-work-conditions-more/" target="_blank" >touting progress</a> in this area for the past few years, especially under CEO Tim Cook's watch. In this year's corporate responsibility <a href="http://images.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple_SR_2016_Progress_Report.pdf" target="_blank" >report</a>, Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams said that "work-hour compliance" among Apple's suppliers reached 97 percent in 2015, which he said was "virtually unheard of" in the industry.</p><p>Apple has set a 60-hour maximum workweek for its suppliers. But CLW says it found that "excessive and illegal overtime work is still prevalent at Pegatron" and that employees are forced to work overtime, with some interns working 80 hours a month in overtime.</p><p>China Labor Watch's investigation, which includes interviews with workers plus comparisons of more than 2,000 worker pay stubs from May 2015 to May 2016, also found that although the average wage in China is up, Pegatron has cut benefits so its workers are actually making less in 2016 than they were last year.</p><p>From the report: "In 2015, workers' hourly wage was $1.85 USD. In 2016, workers' hourly wage increased to $2.00 USD, and after deductions, this amounts to only $1.60 USD."</p><p>An Apple spokesman declined to comment to SiliconBeat; we have requested comment from Pegatron but have not received a response.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-04-24/inside-one-of-the-world-s-most-secretive-iphone-factories" target="_blank" >Bloomberg</a> reported in April from Pegatron's factory, which has implemented a high-tech system complete with turnstiles and face scanners that management says is supposed to prevent people from working too much overtime. One worker told Bloomberg that "we never work more than 6o hours." But another Pegatron worker told Bloomberg that low wages mean some people actually want to work overtime.</p><p>The CLW report addresses the Bloomberg report, saying its reporter was "only able to visit the areas that Pegatron wanted people to see." The group also said it examined pay stubs after the Bloomberg report and found that "excessive overtime persists."</p><p>The report by CLW, which notes that it has published a report about Pegatron's working conditions every year since 2013, comes ahead of the expected release of the iPhone 7 this year, and presumably a ramp-up in production. The phone is expected to be unveiled at an Apple event next month.</p><p><em>Photo: Apple Vice President Greg Joswiak introduces the Apple iPhone SE at a product launch event March 21, 2016, at Apple headquarters in Cupertino. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)</em></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/08/26/report-labor-conditions-worsening-at-apple-supplier-pegatron-ahead-of-iphone-7-launch/" >Labor conditions worsening at big Apple supplier in China, nonprofit says</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.siliconbeat.com" >SiliconBeat</a>.</p><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30171817/apples-services-gains-lead-better-than-expected-quarterly" target="_blank">a third-quarter profit of $7.8 billion</a><a href="http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/upfile/2016_08_23/Pegatron-report%20FlAug.pdf" target="_blank">report</a><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/07/05/foxconn-pegatron-apple-margins/" target="_blank">A news report this summer from Digitimes</a><a href="http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/03/30/apple-and-its-suppliers-company-claims-progress-in-work-conditions-more/" target="_blank">touting progress</a><a href="http://images.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple_SR_2016_Progress_Report.pdf" target="_blank">report</a><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-04-24/inside-one-of-the-world-s-most-secretive-iphone-factories" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/08/26/report-labor-conditions-worsening-at-apple-supplier-pegatron-ahead-of-iphone-7-launch/">Labor conditions worsening at big Apple supplier in China, nonprofit says</a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.siliconbeat.com">SiliconBeat</a>

Karl Mondon49230747http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2016/0826/20160826__p_f8994bba-182d-45d5-b683-d557f05283fe~l~soriginal~ph.jpg4803301568349230750http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2016/0826/20160826__p_f8994bba-182d-45d5-b683-d557f05283fe~l~soriginal~ph_100.jpg10069199749230751http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2016/0826/20160826__p_f8994bba-182d-45d5-b683-d557f05283fe~l~soriginal~ph_200.jpg200138369949230752http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2016/0826/20160826__p_f8994bba-182d-45d5-b683-d557f05283fe~l~soriginal~ph_300.jpg300206589549230753http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2016/0826/20160826__p_f8994bba-182d-45d5-b683-d557f05283fe~l~soriginal~ph_400.jpg40027586461/businesslabor-conditions-worsening-at-big-apple-supplier-chinatrue568Labor conditions worsening at big Apple supplier in China, nonprofit says6http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/08/26/report-labor-conditions-worsening-at-apple-supplier-pegatron-ahead-of-iphone-7-launch/Businessheader30294849imagehttp://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2016/0826/20160826__p_f8994bba-182d-45d5-b683-d557f05283fe~l~soriginal~ph.jpgApple VP Greg Joswiak introduces the new Apple iPhone SE at a product launch event Monday morning, March 21, 2016, at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)Karl Mondon30291504SJM-TECHFILES-0826.xmltrue:biz:bizstaff:apple:microsoft:ptech:svcolumns:svsecurity:svwireless:sv2020news:wolverton:whatsnew:bizbreaking: :whatsnew:twolverton@mercurynews.comBy Troy Wolverton, twolverton@bayareanewsgroup.comThu, 25 Aug 2016 18:09:50 PDTThu, 25 Aug 2016 18:09:52 PDTTue, 25 Aug 2026 18:30:26 PDTThu, 25 Aug 2016 18:09:52 PDTFri, 26 Aug 2016 07:36:17 PDTFri, 26 Aug 2016 07:35:00 PDT3106falseBy Troy Wolverton&#44; twolverton&#64;bayareanewsgroup&#46;com2016-08-25T18:09:50-07:0020160826T073617-07002016-08-25T18:10:17-07:0020160826T073500-07002016082508/25/20162026-08-25T18:30:26-07:001817YApple devices now a juicy target for hackersApple's gadgets have a reputation for security, but they're not invulnerable and they're attracting hackers much more than before.Apple's gadgets have a reputation for security, but they're not invulnerable and they're attracting hackers much more than before.<p>Apple's devices have a well-deserved reputation for security.</p><p>But if it wasn't clear before, it should be now: They're not invulnerable. And, in fact, they've become a prime target for hackers.</p><p>That was loud and clear Thursday with the news that a major trio of vulnerabilities -- dubbed "Trident" by security researchers -- had been discovered in iOS, the operating system underlying the iPhone and iPad. Apple already has a patch out, but reports indicate that the vulnerability has been around potentially for years and has been exploited.</p><p>Before I go any further, if you have an iPhone or other iOS device and haven't yet installed the update Apple issued Thursday, do so right away. The security flaws it fixes are particularly dangerous and could allow a hacker to do some pretty scary stuff with your phone, such as viewing your text messages, listening in on your calls and reading your email -- all without your knowledge.</p><p>Using this kind of vulnerability, an attacker could "figure out how to spy on every corner of your phone," said Andrew Blaich, a staff researcher at Lookout, which helped identify and report the flaws.</p><p>"What we found is that's actually being done," he added. "It's very much being used for that sort of purpose."</p><p>The fact that Apple's devices can have such critical vulnerabilities is not news to the community of computer security experts. But it may be somewhat of a shock to the company's many fans.</p><p>In the 2000s, Apple helped to cultivate the notion that its devices were impervious to security problems. The company ran a series of ads contrasting the headaches Windows PC users faced due to the viruses and security problems plaguing those computers with the seemingly blissful experience the Mac's purportedly rock-hard security promised its users.</p><p>In more recent years, Apple has touted the security of its iOS devices and has been very public about the steps it's taken to better protect them, particularly during and in the wake of its dispute with the FBI over cracking the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters who killed 14 people in December.</p><p>The company's not just making empty boasts. Security experts generally give the company high marks for the efforts Apple's taken to secure its devices.</p><p>"Apple has some very strong claims they can make about being a secure platform," said Dan Cornell, chief technology officer of Denim Group, a computer security consulting firm. "When I look at my iPhone, I have a trust that a lot has been done to secure it."</p><p>And in some ways, the vulnerability revealed Thursday points to the efforts Apple has made. This wasn't some routine hack discovered or created by a teenager with time to kill. Instead, it was reportedly developed by a shadowy Israeli corporation backed by a San Francisco-based venture capital firm and used by the United Arab Emirates, which gives an indication of the sophistication of the exploit and the resources that went into developing or identifying it.</p><p>But the vulnerability also shows that for the effort Apple has made, its devices aren't invulnerable. And we shouldn't expect them to be.</p><p>As Cornell put it, "there is no such thing as perfect security."</p><p>It also emphasizes that hackers view Apple's devices much differently than they did when the company was running its Mac versus PC commercials. Then, users of Apple's devices really didn't have much to worry about. In part that was because of the security the company built into them. But an even bigger factor was that because relatively few people were using them, they weren't that attractive to hackers.</p><p>That situation has dramatically changed. According to Apple, there are now some 1 billion Apple devices in active use. And partly because Apple charges a premium for its products, the users of those devices tend to be more affluent and are more likely to be in positions of power or influence. </p><p>"Attackers are going to go where their targets are or their market share is," said Lookout's Blaich.</p><p>Apple is clearly aware of the increased scrutiny. Following past practices, the company is adding new layers of security into the next versions of iOS and the operating system underlying the Mac, building on what it's done before.</p><p>In response to the heightened threats, the company also appears to be rethinking its attitudes toward the larger security community. In the past, the company has been criticized for being something of a black box, for not engaging with the larger community of security researchers. It's also been taken to task for taking a long time to fix reported vulnerabilities and for not using a bug bounty program to encourage researchers to report security flaws. </p><p>But earlier this month, the company announced a "bug bounty" program. It did so in the context of a talk at the Black Hat conference that was reportedly one of its most open discussions to date of its security practices. And in the case of the Trident vulnerability, it fixed the bug and distributed a patch to users in a remarkable 10 days.</p><p>"Apple has started to take security much more seriously in recent years, especially this year," said Eva Galperin, global policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "The bug bounty is the best sign that they've turned over a new life."</p><p>Contact Troy Wolverton at 408-840-4285 or <a href="mailto:twolverton@bayareanewsgroup.com" >twolverton@bayareanewsgroup.com</a>. Follow him at <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/troy-wolverton" >www.mercurynews.com/troy-wolverton</a> or <a href="http://Twitter.com/troywolv" >Twitter.com/troywolv</a>.</p><a href="mailto:twolverton@bayareanewsgroup.com">twolverton@bayareanewsgroup.com</a><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/troy-wolverton">www.mercurynews.com/troy-wolverton</a><a href="http://Twitter.com/troywolv">Twitter.com/troywolv</a>/troy-wolvertonapple-devices-now-juicy-target-hackerstrue568Apple devices now a juicy target for hackers18http://www.mercurynews.com/troy-wolverton/ci_30291504/apple-devices-now-juicy-target-hackersBusinessTechnologyConsumer-electronics30290844SJM-APPLEPAY-0826.xmltrue:whatsnew: :biz:svfront:whatsnew:bizbreaking:bizstaff: :locbreak:newsaiba:By George Avalos, gavalos@bayareanewsgroup.comThu, 25 Aug 2016 14:44:30 PDTThu, 25 Aug 2016 14:44:31 PDTTue, 25 Aug 2026 14:44:26 PDTThu, 25 Aug 2016 14:44:31 PDTFri, 26 Aug 2016 04:44:24 PDTFri, 26 Aug 2016 04:42:23 PDT3106falseBy George Avalos&#44; gavalos&#64;bayareanewsgroup&#46;com2016-08-25T14:44:30-07:0020160826T044424-07002016-08-25T14:46:22-07:0020160826T044223-07002016082508/25/20162026-08-25T14:44:26-07:001211YApple's Tim Cook captures $213 million from stock sales as CEOApple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook harvested windfalls from selling stock options that topped $200 million during his five years as top boss of the Silicon Valley titan.<br />Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook harvested windfalls from selling stock options that topped $200 million during his five years as top boss of the Silicon Valley titan.<br /><p>CUPERTINO -- Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook harvested windfalls from selling stock options that topped $200 million during his five years as top boss of the Silicon Valley titan.</p><p>Nevertheless, the mammoth bounty captured by Cook must be placed in the context of the handsome profits that Apple shareholders have been able to harvest. Over the five years that Cook has led Apple, the tech behemoth's shares have doubled through Thursday's close on Wall Street and have outperformed the broad-based S&P 500 stock index by a huge margin.</p><p>"Investors have made so much money on Apple since Tim Cook took over they really are not complaining," said Tim Bajarin, principal analyst with Campbell-based Creative Strategies, a market research firm. "In fact, it's quite the opposite. Investors are very happy and they are want Cook to push Apple harder to get even more profits."</p><p>During the five years plus one day that Cook as been CEO, shares of Apple are up 100.2 percent, while the S&P 500 Index is up 84.5 percent.</p><p>"Apple has always been more about rewarding executives based on performance," said Michelle Leder, editor of Footnoted, a Web site that tracks public company filings. "People should be paid well if they perform well. I have a problem when a company is performing poorly and the CEO still gets rewarded handsomely."</p><p>During 2011, Apple awarded Cook a stock option package that at the time was valued at $376.2 million, according to official company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That was the only stock option award that Apple has handed to Cook since he became CEO.</p><p>After Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO, Cook took the reins of the company in August 2011. Jobs died in October of that year.</p><p>Cook elected to sell big chunks of that initial stock option package in 2011, 2012 and 2013.</p><p>Through exercises of the stock options, Cook realized gains totaling of $213.3 million over those three years, SEC documents show.</p><p>Cook's gains from sales of stock options totaled $13 million in 2011, $139.7 million in 2012 and $60.6 million in 2013. Cook didn't exercise stock option grants in 2014 or 2015.</p><p>"When a company is performing well, you can certainly make an argument that a rising tide lifts all boats," Leder said.</p><p>The SEC files show that Cook has sold slightly fewer than 428,000 shares during those three years. The initial stock option package issued in 2011 to Cook consisted of 1 million shares.</p><p>Cupertino-based Apple hasn't awarded any stock option packages to Cook since the first grant to him. And in 2013, Apple tied a portion of his stock package to Apple's ability to outperform the S&P 500.</p><p>Apple has rewarded Cook in other ways besides stock option packages during his tenure.</p><p>The tech giant has steadily raised Cook's short-term compensation -- a combination of his salary, cash incentives and miscellaneous other compensation.</p><p>Together, those three categories totaled $4.2 million in 2012, $4.3 million in 2013, $9.2 million in 2014 and $10.3 million in 2014, the SEC files show.</p><p>"If I'm a stockholder, I'm less concerned about what the CEO is paid when the stock is doing well," Leder said. "But when a stock is under-performing, I'm very concerned."</p><p>Contact George Avalos at 408-859-5167. Follow him at <a href="http://Twitter.com/georgeavalos" >Twitter.com/georgeavalos</a>.</p><a href="http://Twitter.com/georgeavalos">Twitter.com/georgeavalos</a>

Apple CEO Tim Cook makes closing remarks at the end of the Keynote presentation at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference held at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Monday, June 13, 2016.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook makes closing remarks at the end of the Keynote presentation at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference held at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Monday, June 13, 2016.Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group30290156SJM-IPHONESPY-0826.xmltrue:biz:apple:sv2020news:whatsnew:bizbreaking:By Raphael Satter, Associated PressThu, 25 Aug 2016 11:18:32 PDTThu, 25 Aug 2016 11:18:33 PDTTue, 25 Aug 2026 11:18:25 PDTThu, 25 Aug 2016 11:18:33 PDTThu, 25 Aug 2016 11:50:23 PDTThu, 25 Aug 2016 11:50:22 PDT3106falseBy Raphael Satter&#44; Associated Press2016-08-25T11:18:32-07:0020160825T115023-07002016-08-25T11:20:18-07:0020160825T115022-07002016082508/25/20162026-08-25T11:18:25-07:0065YApple boosts iPhone security after Mideast spyware discoveryA botched attempt to break into the iPhone of an Arab activist using hitherto unknown espionage software has trigged a global upgrade of Apple's mobile operating system, researchers said Thursday. A botched attempt to break into the iPhone of an Arab activist using hitherto unknown espionage software has trigged a global upgrade of Apple's mobile operating system, researchers said Thursday. <p>PARIS -- A botched attempt to break into the iPhone of an Arab activist using hitherto unknown espionage software has trigged a global upgrade of Apple's mobile operating system, researchers said Thursday. </p><p>The spyware took advantage of three previously undisclosed weaknesses in Apple's iPhone to take complete control of the devices, according to reports published Thursday by the San Francisco-based Lookout smartphone security company and internet watchdog group Citizen Lab. Both reports fingered the NSO Group, an Israeli company with a reputation for flying under the radar, as the author of the spyware. </p><p>"The threat actor has never been caught before," said Mike Murrary, a researcher with Lookout, describing the program as "the most sophisticated spyware package we have seen in the market." The reports issued by Lookout and Citizen Lab outlined how an iPhone could be completely compromised with the tap of a finger, a trick so coveted in the world of cyberespionage that in November a spyware broker said it had paid a $1 million dollar bounty to programmers who'd found a way to do it. The weaknesses could allow hackers to take control of targeted iPhones to spy on calls and messages. </p><p>Apple said in a statement that it fixed the vulnerability immediately after learning about it. </p><p>In a statement which stopped short of acknowledging that the spyware was its own, the NSO Group said its mission was to provide "authorized governments with technology that helps them combat terror and crime." </p><p>The company said it had no knowledge of any particular incidents. </p>

Human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor speaks to Associated Press journalists in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. Mansoor was recently targeted by spyware that can hack into Apple's iPhone handset. The company said Thursday it has updated its security.

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Jon Gambrell/Associated Press30289779http://www.siliconbeat.com/?ptrueblogsiliconbeat http://www.siliconbeat.com/?p=112247 p_8ebafb54-a126-4cff-b3a6-c1e160176e14.xml<i></i>Thu, 25 Aug 2016 09:25:22 PDTThu, 25 Aug 2016 09:25:07 PDTTue, 25 Aug 2026 09:25:07 PDTThu, 25 Aug 2016 09:25:07 PDTThu, 25 Aug 2016 09:25:07 PDTThu, 25 Aug 2016 09:46:26 PDTThu, 25 Aug 2016 09:45:10 PDT3106false2016-08-25T09:25:22-07:0020160825T094626-07002016-08-25T09:26:22-07:0020160825T094510-07002016082508/25/20162026-08-25T09:25:07-07:0098YApple CEO Tim Cook has cashed in more than $200 million in stock in the past five yearsApple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has harvested windfalls from selling stock options that topped $200 million during his five years as top boss of the Silicon Valley titan.Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has harvested windfalls from selling stock options that topped $200 million during his five years as top boss of the Silicon Valley titan.<p>Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has harvested windfalls from selling stock options that topped $200 million during his five years as top boss of the Silicon Valley titan.</p><p>Those exercises of stock option grants, though, came during his first three years at the helm of the technology icon, according to documents filed over the years with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</p><p>During 2011, Apple awarded Cook a stock option package that at the time was valued at $376.2 million, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000119312512006704/d275281ddef14a.htm" >SEC</a> filings show.</p><p>Cook took the reins at the company in August 2011 after Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO. Jobs died in October of that year.</p><p>Cupertino-based Apple hasn't awarded any stock option packages to Cook since the first grant to him.</p><p>And in 2013, Apple tied a portion of his stock package to Apple's ability to outperform the S&P 500.</p><p>Mission accomplished. Over the 5 years that Cook has been CEO, Apple's stock is up 101 percent, while the S&P 500 is up 84.7 percent, as of the close of trading on Wednesday.</p><p>What's more, Cook has been rewarded in other ways besides stock option packages since the year of sole grant of stock options.</p><p>The tech giant has steadily raised Cook's short-term compensation — a combination of his salary, cash incentives and miscellaneous other compensation.</p><p>The combination of those three categories totaled $4.2 million in 2012, $4.3 million in 2013, $9.2 million in 2014 and $10.3 million in 2014, the SEC files show.</p><p>To cap things off, Cook has realized gains of $213.3 million through the exercise of stock options, SEC documents show.</p><p>Cook's gains from sales of stock options totaled $13 million in 2011, $139.7 million in 2012 and $60.6 million in 2013. Cook didn't exercise stock option grants in 2014 or 2015.</p><p>The SEC files show that Cook has sold slightly fewer than 428,000 shares during those three years. The initial stock option package issued in 2011 to Cook consisted of 1 million shares.</p><p><em>Photo credit: Getty Images</em></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/08/25/apple-ceo-tim-cook-cashed-stock-options/" >Apple CEO Tim Cook cashed in on stock options during tenure</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.siliconbeat.com" >SiliconBeat</a>.</p><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000119312512006704/d275281ddef14a.htm">SEC</a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/08/25/apple-ceo-tim-cook-cashed-stock-options/">Apple CEO Tim Cook cashed in on stock options during tenure</a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.siliconbeat.com">SiliconBeat</a>

Apple chief executive Tim Cook (C) leaves the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai on May 18, 2016.
Apple chief executive Tim Cook announced May 18 a new app design centre in India as he kicked off his first visit to the Asian giant seeking to tap into its roll-out of 4G networks. Cook landed in the Indian financial capital Mumbai shortly before midnight on May 17 by private jet from China, where he made a $1 billion announcement.
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Apple chief executive Tim Cook announced May 18 a new app design centre in India as he kicked off his first visit to the Asian giant seeking to tap into its roll-out of 4G networks. Cook landed in the Indian financial capital Mumbai shortly before midnight on May 17 by private jet from China, where he made a $1 billion announcement.
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